Retail investors tried to play George Soros last month, flocking to the CurrencyShares Euro Trust in an effort to call a bottom in the still unfolding global crisis that has taken the currency mimicked by the ETF down to a four-year low today.

Stocks are likely to continue rising, underpinned by fundamental factors as well as by lack of alternatives to park money, but investors may pause for breath, Bob Doll, vice chairman of BlackRock, told CNBC Tuesday.

Markets rose on Friday after fluctuating in a tight range throughout the session after a weak open on Friday. How should investors be positioned going forward? Peter Costa, president of Empire Executions and CNBC market analyst and Richard Regan, founder and managing partner at Protradingcourse.com shared their insights.

Stocks pared their gains on Thursday, this first day of the second quarter, as weakness seeped into the tech sector. Stocks had started the day strong after positive reports on initial jobless claims and manufacturing.

Stocks pared their gains on Thursday, this first day of the second quarter, as weakness seeped into the tech sector. Stocks had started the day strong after positive reports on initial jobless claims and manufacturing.

The Federal Reserve renewed its pledge on Tuesday to keep the benchmark rates near zero for an "extended period." Greg Peters, global head of fixed income research at Morgan Stanley, said he currently finds equities trapped between liquidity and weak growth. He shared his market outlook.

Following its late-day recovery yesterday, stocks will attempt to keep the momentum going today. The Dow (up 2.5 percent) and S&P (up 2.7 percent) seek to hang on to their best monthly gains since November, with the Dow now rising in 7 of the past 8 months.

As retiring Baby Boomers flee to safer investments, some analysts fear there will be too many stocks and too few investors. But a lot depends on how much Boomers can really afford a conservative investing style as they try to recover from a lost decade for the stock market.